Although we didn’t saw Tonio as much in action as we wanted to see him in 2008, the forthcoming winter period is packed with loads of races for Tonio, as he will drive the Speedcar Series. During the first round in Dubai he already showed his speed and class…his rivals are warned! Before we move [...]

Force India have confirmed that they will keep an unchanged driver line-up for the 2009 season. Giancarlo Fisichella will continue for a second season, while 2009 will be Adrian Sutil’s third as a race driver with the team he joined as a test driver in 2006. Tonio has also been retained as the team’s official [...]

Heavy rain hit Dubai late on Friday night causing floods in and around the Dubai Autodrome. Speedcar Series’ second race to be held on Saturday afternoon along with GP2 Asia Series and GT3 at the Grand Racing event therefore had to be cancelled. This was obviously bad news for Tonio because he could have scored [...]

After a good practice and a pole position in qualifying, Tonio took his first ever Speedcar Series victory…and it was a sweet one! Right after the start Tonio found himself under attack on both sides: Frentzen made it round the outside, while Durango’s Christopher Zoechling went down the inside. Fortunately for Tonio, Zoechling ran in [...]

Speedcar Series’ first qualifying session of Season 2 saw Tonio take pole position. Jean Alesi made the fastest time early in the session but he soon dropped behind finishing in 4th position. Heinz Harald Frentzen took over the lead from the Frenchman and stayed ahead for most of the 30 minute qualifying session. Tonio was [...]

Tonio made an excellent Speedcar Series debut today by setting the fastest time during practice. He ran 15 laps in the hour long session with a best time of 2:07.056 and was trailed closely by Gianni Morbidelli who was just 0.080 seconds behind him. Commenting on his first Speedcar Series practice run, Tonio said: “It [...]

Speedcar Series today officially announced that Tonio will be one of the series’ drivers for the 2008-2009 season! He will drive for the Union Properties team from the United Arab Emirates and will have start number 20 on his car, his team mate is Haser al Maktoum. Tonio will kick off his first Speedcar Series [...]

Although an official announcement is expected in a few days, we can tell you it’s almost 100% sure that Tonio will compete in the Speedcar Series this winter! After three successful test days at Dubai’s Autodrome circuit, Tonio decided to enter this championship. The first race of Speedcar Series will be in a few days [...]

Tonio had a good start at the Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars) in Florianópolis, when he was third in the practice on Saturday. It went even better in qualifying when he managed to secure the second spot on the starting grid. Unfortunately, Tonio had to retire during the first race after [...]

Today, Tonio joined the final Speedcar Series test at the Dubai Autodrome and clocked the quickest lap! He did not drive yesterday but managed to do a lap of 1:42.68 at this afternoon’s session, quicker than Jacques Villeneuve and F3 Euro Series Champion Nico Hülkenberg. The second season of Speedcar Series will kick off in [...]